you know, he says he's not going to cut education. that's absolutely not true. he has endorsed a budget that would kick 200,000 kids off head start, would cut pell grants for more than 9 million kids. what he is saying last night, he made some good political points, scored good political points by saying these things. unfortunately they're just not true and it will catch up with him. that's how these things go. you know, the american people haven't been tuned out over the past year and a half. they've been following this race. they've been following what mitt romney has said. >> right. >> they're tuning in to the fact that he wasn't telling the truth last night. >> the conversation we had just a moment ago says on some of these things there are different ways of looking at t the point is, who is going to make the best point to the american people? some things can be proven definitively right or wrong. andrew sullivan, an influential supporter of the president and blogger called his performance absolutely disgracefully bad. let me play a sound bite of what he sai